User Manual
Graphic EQ, effects, and Premium Rack
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Graphic EQ, effects, and Premium Rack
This chapter explains how to use the built-in graphic EQ, effects, and Premium Rack.
About the virtual rack
QL series consoles enable you to use the built-in graphic EQ (subsequently abbreviated as
“GEQ”) and effects/processors to modify signals. You can use two types of GEQ:
31BandGEQ which enables you to freely adjust thirty-one bands (frequency regions), and
Flex15GEQ which enables you to adjust any fifteen of thirty-one bands. You can use the 16ch
Automixer or the 8ch Automixer. You can also use 54 different effect types. The QL series
consoles feature Premium Rack, which employs VCM technology. This technology models
analog circuitry on a component level to faithfully reproduce amazing analog sounds. The
Premium Rack offers six types of processors.
In order to use a GEQ, effect, or Premium Rack, you must mount the GEQ, effect, or Premium
Rack in each virtual rack, and patch the input and output of that rack to the desired signal
route. In other words, the operation is just as though you had installed a signal processor or
effect device in an actual rack, and used patch cords to connect it. You can mount a GEQ
instance in each of the eight racks 1-8, an effect rack instance in each of the eight racks 1-8,
and a Premium Rack instance in each of the eight racks 1-8.
Up to two channels of input and output can be used for each rack. (However if the
“31BandGEQ” is mounted in a rack, there will be only one channel each for input and output.)
The figure below shows the signal flow for the virtual racks.
NOTE
The QL console provides a rack for mounting an I/O rack (such as an Rio series), external head
amps (Yamaha AD8HR, SB168-ES, etc.) as well as the virtual rack for GEQ, effects and Premium
Rack. For details, refer to “I/O devices and external head amps” on page 127.
Virtual rack operations
This section explains how to mount a GEQ or effect in the virtual rack, and patch the input
and output of the rack as an example.
NOTE
• In steps 6 and 8, you can make settings such that the confirmation dialog box will not appear
(page 168).
• The type of GEQ, effect, or Premium Rack mounted in each rack, its parameter settings, and the
input-source and output-destination patch settings are saved as part of the scene.
EFFECT
RACK IN
PATCH
MIX IN SERT IN 1-16
STEREO INSERT IN L,R,MONO (C)
16
3
CH INSE RT IN 1-64{32}
MATRIX INSERT IN 1-8
8
INSERT OUT
[CH 1-64{32},
MIX 1-16,
STEREO
L,R,MONO(C),
MA T R IX 1-8]
GEQ
RACK IN
PATCH
GEQ1 IN
A/B
GEQ2-8 IN
A/B
FX1 IN
A(L)/B(R)
FX2-8 IN
A(L)/B(R)
INSE RT IN
PATCH
FX1-8 OUT
A(L)/B(R)
GEQ RACK1(GEQ1)
Flex15GEQ
ME T ER
RACK IN A
ME T ER
RACK IN B
ME T ER
RACK OUT A
ME T ER
RACK OUT B
GEQ RACK2-8(GEQ2-8) (same as GEQ RACK1)
EFFECT RACK2-8(FX2-8) (same as EFFECT RACK1)
EFFECT RACK1(FX1)
EFFECT
ME T ER
RACK IN L
ME T ER
RACK IN R
ME T ER
RACK OUT L
ME T ER
RACK OUT R
Flex15GEQ
ME T ER
RACK IN A
ME T ER
RACK IN B
ME T ER
RACK OUT A
ME T ER
RACK OUT B
EFFECT CUE
31BandGEQ
ME T ER
RACK IN
ME T ER
RACK OUT
31BandGEQ
ME T ER
RACK IN
ME T ER
RACK OUT
To MATRIX INSERT IN
To STEREO INSERT IN
To MIX INS ERT IN
To C H INSERT IN
64{32}
GEQ1-8
OUT
A/B
INPUT
1-32{16}
SLOT1 1-16
SLOT2 1-16
DANTE IN
1-64{32}
PREMIUM
RACK IN
PATCH
PR1 IN
A(L)/B(R)
PR2-8 IN
A(L)/B(R)
PREMIUM RACK2-8 (same as PREMIUM RACK1)
PREMIUM RACK1(PR1)
PROCESSOR
ME T ER
RACK IN L
ME T ER
RACK IN R
ME T ER
RACK OUT L
ME T ER
RACK OUT R
EFFECT CUE
Automixer 8ch RACK1-4 (GEQ1-4)
Automixer8ch
ME T ER
ME T ER
8 8
Automixer 16ch RACK1-8 (GEQ1-8)
Automixer16ch
ME T ER
ME T ER
16 16
GEQ1-4 IN
A/B
GEQ1-8 IN
A/B
PR1-8 OUT
A(L)/B(R)
OUT
[MIX 1-16,
STEREO
L,R,MONO(C),
MA T R IX 1-8]
STEP
1. In the Function Access Area, press the RACK button.
2. In the upper part of the VIRTUAL RACK window, press the GEQ or EFFECT tab.
3. To mount a GEQ or effect in the rack, press the rack mount button for that rack.
4. Use the buttons in the MODULE SELECT field in the RACK MOUNTER window to
select the item you want to mount, and press the OK button.
5. Press the INPUT PATCH button.
6. In the CH SELECT window, select the input source and then press the OK button.
7. Press the OUTPUT PATCH button.
8. In the CH SELECT window, select the output destination and then press the OK
button.
Function
Access Area
VIRTUAL RACK window